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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3945,Lat: 51.6651
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	20:56:32pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Münster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Recklinghausen
Name	Datteln

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Olfen:Vinnum	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Datteln	3.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Waltrop	4.8 km	South
4 Olfen	5 km	North
5 Selm:Bork	5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	189 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	231 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	246 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 201 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stausee Hullern (1.5 km² at a distance of 9.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 51.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 72 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
NR-541

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dortmund Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.8 km2

8.7%

Agriculture

59.2 km2

75.5%

Urban area

11.8 km2

15%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pelkum in country Germany

Pelkum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	31 km	SouthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	86 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	99 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lippeaue	DE	0.2 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Datteln

Type of weather in Datteln	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam